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Psychic Surgery: A Global History of Belief, Blood, and the Invisible Hand
Paperback
OccultEnergy HealingGeneral World History
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 24 2026
Pages: 480
Weight: 1.40
Height: 0.97 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What if surgery could be performed without a scalpel? What if healing could occur without anesthesia, sutures, or even a visible incision? And what if, beneath centuries of controversy, fraud, devotion, and testimony, something still remains unexplained?
Psychic Surgery: A Global History of Belief, Blood, and the Invisible Hand is the first comprehensive, historically grounded investigation of one of the most controversial healing phenomena in human history. Spanning prehistoric shamanic extraction rituals, the healing temples of Egypt and Greece, Asian traditions, medieval Christian mystics, 19th-century Spiritualism, Brazilian Spiritist mediums, Philippine psychic surgeons, and modern high-profile scandals, this sweeping work examines the full arc of psychic surgery across cultures and centuries.
Russell Symonds does not approach the subject as an apologist or a debunker. Instead, he follows the evidence wherever it leads. Documented fraud is exposed. Investigations are analyzed. Government actions are examined. Medical testimony is reviewed. Psychological explanations are carefully considered. Illusion and sleight-of-hand techniques are explored in detail.
Yet the inquiry does not end there.
For alongside deception and theatricality lie persistent claims of genuine healing-cases that patients, witnesses, and even some observers insist cannot be easily dismissed. In addressing these accounts, Symonds explores the deeper questions: Why do people believe? How do expectation, culture, and hope shape outcomes? Where is the line between exploitation and compassion? And if even a fraction of anomalous reports were authentic, what would that imply about consciousness and the nature of reality itself?
Moving into the modern era, the book examines the internet age of psychic surgery, evolving global narratives, and even the emerging hypothesis that healing may intersect with dimensions of consciousness not yet fully understood. Without abandoning skepticism, it allows room for philosophical reflection and ethical inquiry.
Cinematic in scope, investigative in tone, and balanced in judgment, Psychic Surgery is neither naïve endorsement nor cynical dismissal. It is a mature reckoning with a phenomenon that continues to challenge medicine, religion, and science alike.
For readers interested in spirituality, medical history, anomalous phenomena, psychology, and the future of healing, this book offers a rigorous, thought-provoking exploration of an enduring mystery-an invisible incision that still cuts to the heart of what it means to heal.
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